Old & New Masters

Liner Note Author: Ethan Iverson.Recording information: Butterfly And Sound Ideas Studios, NY (05/1974); Generation Sound Studios, New York (05/1974); Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg (05/1974); Butterfly And Sound Ideas Studios, NY (09/1977-07/1984); Generation Sound Studios, New York (09/1977-07/1984); Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg (09/1977-07/1984); Butterfly And Sound Ideas Studios, NY (11/1972); Generation Sound Studios, New York (11/1972); Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg (11/1972).Photographers: Arne Reimer; Christian Rose; Gérard Rouy; Roberto Mascotti; Johannes Anders; Regina Stetter.Paul Motian recorded 15 albums for Manfred Eicher's ECM label. Toward the end of his life he became almost synonymous with it, though he recorded for other labels too. The six albums included in the ECM New and Old Masters box are his first as a leader and document some of his earliest recorded compositions. As Ethan Iverson's wonderfully detailed liner essay makes plain, Motian didn't begin composing unti